Friday

Tzatziki is wonderful.
It can be used in so many different ways:
-Dip: For chopped veggies,meat,crackers and potato chips
-Spread: On bread with fresh tomato slices or in a Greek Pita bread.
-Sauce : In a salad sauce,on a sandwich or burger on steaks.

Wash the cucumber well and remove the seeds.
Grind the cucumber finely into a sieve and push/press out all the excess water.
In a mixing bowl,mix the yogurt and the olive oil with a balloon whisk and add a few drops of lemon juice.
Add the garlic and the cucumber and mix well.
Season with salt and pepper.

Done!

Tzatziki tastes so great with hash browns or with any kind of potato dishes.
I had some weird soy-celery-zucchini hash browns :D

Hi
Yes,I know Valentines day is over.Maybe that is the reason why I am posting the recipe now.
I am not a big fan of Valentines day anyway.But I have to confess that I do love the chocolate covered strawberries.
So while buying potatoes in a veggie market,I saw Strawberries.Yes Strawberries in winter/early spring!
Maybe that is nothing special in the USA,but here in Greece it is.
I thought that the strawberries would taste like nothing,but I was wrong.
They are as delicious as in April/May.

Your strawberries should be 100% dry,otherwise the chocolate will go clumpy.
Break your chocolate into pieces and melt it either in a bain-Marie or in the microwave.
Melting the chocolate in a bain marie allows the choco to stay shiny.
As you can see my chocolate is melted in the microwave and has lost it's shine.
Once your chocolate is melted,dip in strawberries and place them on wax paper to harden.
Sprinkle with coconut shavings or white chocolate.

Okay,here we go.Mix the ground beef with the shallot dices and season well with paprika,pepper and salt.Make your meatballs (the smaller the quicker they cook)In a saucepan let some olive oil get hot and quickly fry your meatballs until the outside is cooked.Deglaze with the whine.Now add the rest of the veggies and spices and cover them with chicken stock.Let it boil for 10 min and season.Now add 200 ml tomato juice (or 2 tablespoons concentrated tomato puree) and let it reduce for another 10 min.

Cook your pasta according to the instructions on the package or according to your taste.I like my pasta overcooked (Shame on me!)

HiEvery Girl has been through this.We went off the make up store or drugstore and bought the wrong shade of concealer or foundation.No need to be angry for the money you wasted.You can simply make a tinted moisturizer in less than 5 min.

You needYour favorite moisturizer with at least 15 SPFfoundation/concealer in a darker shadea container (I used an old foundation bottle)tooth picks

Put some moisturizer in your container and simply add a few drops of concealer/foundation and mix well with a tooth pick.Test the mixture on the back of your hand to see if you have reached the desired shade yet.I used 3 parts moisturizer,1 part concealer and 1 part foundation.You can also add loose mineral powder or some shimmer.

I am sooo happy with the result.The tinted moisturizer is perfect for evening out your skin tone and it is a great base for make up.Mine has a quite strong coverage,because of the concealer.But I am super happy,that the money I spend for the concealer didn't get wasted.

Thursday

Sorry I didn't upload any new recipes this week,but the stuff I ate/cooked was not worth photographing.I was too lazy to cook something pretty. :DThis Salad is inspired by a dish I saw on Gordon Ramsey's show.His version had a more expensive fish,which was grilled.

Cut your cod into stripes and season it with pepper and salt.Now mix flour,curry,thyme,tumeric,salt and pepper in a freezer bag and add the cod stripes.Close the bag well and shake so the cod gets evenly coated.In a frying pan let 1/2 cup of olive oil get hot and fry your cod for 5-8 min until it has a light golden color.Make sure you don't fry your fish too long,because cod tends to get dry very quickly.(You don't wanna make Gordon Ramsay yell at you cuz your fish is too dry :D :D)

For the Salad1 bag (2 portions) of mixed salad1/2 yellow bell pepper1 diced carrotYou can also add corn,cheese,ham,bacon,grilled veggies.......be creative)Add half of the sauce to the salad and mix it well,so the sauce spreads evenly.Place your warm cod fillets on the salad and drizzle them with the sauce.

Mix the flour with the yeast and add the sugar,salt,honey,vanilla and the butter.
Now slowly add water and keep on kneading until a smooth dough forms,that does not stick to the fingers.If it is too sticky,add extra flour.If it is too dry/hard,add water or butter.

Let the dough rise at a warm place for 30 min.
Roll out the dough on a floured surface and cut out little donuts with a small glass.
Pierce them with a wooden cooking spoon or with your fingers.
Place them on a floured tray and cover them with a clean towel.
Let the donuts rise for 30 min.

Now get your fryer ready on a medium high temperature.
When the oil is hot enough,fry your donuts until they are brown.
To drain access oil,place the donuts on paper towels to cool.

Now melt your chocolate either in a bain marie or in the microwave.You can also use other chocolate.
Dip in the donuts and let the chocolate cool for 2-3 hours.

If you don't want to mess around with doughs,you can use pizza dough from the supermarket and add icing/powder sugar to sweeten it.

Today was a bad day in terms of cooking.I almost finished cooking my Indian Style chicken,when I cut myself on a coconut milk can.There was enough blood to make a splatter horror movie.So some of the dish slightly burned,but I could save it.You don't have to stick to my choice of veggies.I just used what I had at home.All the veggies/fruit I used are chopped in cubes/dice.

Rub your chicken with a pinch of salt,pepper and curry powder.Sear it in a hot pan with olive oil until it has a light golden brown color.Set aside.In the same pan,add all the veggies and cover them with water.Bring to a boil and add the rest ingredients except of the coconut milk.Let the veggies boil for 15-20 min and add the chicken.At the end add the coconut milk and season if needed.

Serve with rice.

Huggies Chinchillachannel258 (with a boo boo finger)

I don't think that this dish has anything to do with Indian cuisine.It has just a little hint of the flavorful Indian cuisine.

Okkkkk.Put your diced/sliced veg in a pot and cover with water.Add the olive oil and bring to a boil.Let the veg boil for 15 min.Drain the veg,but keep the water.It is full of flavor and vitamins.Puree the veg with the water and the cream.Season with the listed spiced.Add the chopped parsley and keep the chopped coriander for the decoration.

I made the mistake to buy a huge banana squash,because it was so cheap.So after buying it I was imagining myself eating squash soup for one week.I was thinking about what I could do with that much squash.While watching a Tv show the saving idea finally hit my head.In the Tv show a lady from the south talked about pumpkin bread.So I thought that pumpkin and squash both go in the same direction taste wise.

Ok first we prepare the squash: Put the dices in a pot and cover them with water.Bring to a boil and boil on high temperature for 12 min.Drain the squash dices and puree in the blender.Let the squash puree cool (open window) for 10-15 min.For the dough mix the dry active yeast with the flour(keep some extra flour).Add the squash puree,oats,soy sauce,vinegar and the honey.Mix the dough with your hands.Now gradually add water and some olive oil until a smooth dough forms.Knead the dough and add the carrot shavings/grated carrot.Let the dough rise in a warm place for an hour.After the dough has risen you can shape it into two big breads or many small.Now you gotta prepare the glaze.Bring 100 ml water to a boil and add honey and soy sauce.Mix in the cornstarch while stirring with a whisk.The glaze should thicken a bit,but it should not be to gooey.With a pastry brush,brush the hot glaze on the breads.

Bake at 180 degree celsius for 20-35 min (according to the size).To see if the bread is ready,stick a toothpick into the middle of the bread.When you pull it out and the toothpick is clean,the bread is ready.If it still has dough or crumbs on it,add some baking time.

You can also add sunflower seeds to the bread.Be creative ;)

The following recipe will be the perfect match for this moist and delicious squash bread.